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AD AGE took home two Jesse H. Neal Awards, which are given out by the Association of Business Information and Media Companies. We were honored for best profile ("How the [...]

Byline: Jeanine Poggi What's the dynamic heading into this year's upfront? MR. LANDGRAF: Last year was really a watershed year for basic cable. I have a 56-page document that has [...]

There's a flood of new television programming poised to hit prime-time broadcast television this month compared to last year's paltry, strike-reduced menu. But advertising buyers say they won't be fooled [...]

Nobody seems bothered by awkward juxtapositions in television anymore, perhaps because the air lanes are so crowded-so jammed up with, as folks used to say, 'this, that and the other [...]

This is an exciting time for television producers. Traditional broadcast and cable outlets are more willing to try new things, video-on-demand is gearing up, Internet protocol TV is starting, and [...]

'Boston Legal' exec producer David E. Kelley got a dose of reality when the launch of his first foray into unscripted TV was potentially tarnished by a mean-spirited tipster. An [...]

In a twist on the popular poker show format of showing professional players or celebrities at the table, the third iteration of GSN's 'Poker Royale'' will pit pros against celebrities. [...]

Norm Macdonald was getting scary. The drone-voiced former 'Saturday Night Live'' performer had been tossing chips onto the pot while cracking unfunny jokes for nearly an hour, raising up a [...]

Marc Hirsch, president of Paramount Advertiser Services, said he's frustrated that the success of syndication seems to attract less publicity than that of cable. 'I saw a big story saying [...]

'I am concerned about what my kids watch, but we don't use the v-chip. We only allow them to watch shows we have TiVo-ed for them or DVDs that we [...]

HBO doesn't want you to know it had anything to do with this story. The HBO marketing model requires the acclaimed pay TV service to remain above the fray, acquiring [...]

Byline: Doug Halonen The cable TV industry's heated opposition to a la carte proposals could melt altogether if consumers demand the option to pick and pay for only the basic [...]

For the first full week of February sweeps, most of the major syndicated strips saw improvement from the previous week, but results were mixed when compared with year-ago performance. The [...]

Though we have often argued that indecency legislation will have a chilling effect on the television industry, our reasoning seems to have fallen on deaf ears in Washington. So let's [...]

So far this season, through Nov. 28, 18- to 34-year-old female viewers for daytime soap operas on the Big 3 networks are down a whopping 18 percent versus a year [...]

With subscription video-on-demand quickly proving to be the killer app for VOD, Starz Entertainment Group contends there is much room for growth. Expect 2005 to be the year of demystification [...]

'Let's all go to the movies!''-Daddy Warbucks, 'Annie.'' The Starz! programming philosophy has taken Daddy Warbucks' exhortation to heart, focusing almost exclusively on feature films, mainly those licensed for the [...]

Byline: James Hibberd By most current measures, the show is over for cable network Trio. Since NBC acquired the U.S. entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal Entertainment in May, onetime media [...]

Over lunch recently our conversation turned to the interesting reality that we are operating in a business that while growing more consolidated is at the same time becoming more fragmented. [...]

'It's arguable as to whether prime-time programming on the broadcast networks is targeted more toward women or more toward men. However, as the ratings substantiate, more women watch than men. [...]

With 'Friends'' out of the picture, reality shows and dramas battled for the hearts of media buyers and the honor of being this TV season's most expensive show. Fox's 'American [...]

ROLES Melissa Etheridge and Salma Hayek will star in two separate shows for ABC. Ms. Etheridge will play a lesbian rocker-turned-music teacher in a comedy pilot for 20th Century Fox [...]

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences executives are still scratching their heads-and pointing fingers-over what went wrong with its low-rated Emmys Awards show on ABC last month. Now the group, [...]

Monday, Sept. 13, 2004-Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004 TV Season Week No. 52 NBC won the week in adults 18 to 49 with a 3.9 rating/11 share. CBS won in total [...]

During its five decades on NBC, 'The Tonight Show'' developed a reputation among standup comedians as the ultimate springboard for success. From Lenny Bruce to Steve Martin to Billy Crystal [...]

Stewart: No `Late Late Show' for Me Backstage at the Emmys 'Daily Show'' host Jon Stewart denied rumors that he might replace Craig Kilborn, who has stepped down as host [...]

'It is wonderful for me to see more Asian Americans taking part in quality programs, such as Parminder Nagra and Ming-Na on `ER.' `Lost' is a promising new show, and [...]

Not everything was all about CBS News last week. There was, for example, a gathering of boldfaced names Wednesday at the 'Good Morning America'' studio on Times Square in honor [...]

It started on this date--Sept. 27--50 years ago. It's 11:30 at night in Manhattan. The camera zooms in on the marquee of the Hudson Theatre at 241 W. 44th Street. [...]

Steve Allen, the first host (1954-57) of what was then titled 'Tonight'' died in 2000 at the age of 78. Reprinted with permission from Mr. Allen's memoir 'Hi-Ho, Steverino!'' published [...]

One media agency is geared up to make good use of the data flooding in from Nielsen's controversial Local People Meters. Initiative Media's Overnight Alert System is designed to flag [...]

On the day after the Emmy Awards, network consultant Ray Solley of The Solley Group hosted his second annual roundtable gathering of experts to critique the show and offer predictions [...]

Three days after Don Mischer executive produced the Emmy Awards for the ninth time, he wasn't ready to think about doing it a 10th time-even if they asked. 'This is [...]

'The shot heard 'round the world'' is the call that still resonates more than a half-century later. In a sport fueled by argumentative comparisons, there are few things about which [...]

The percentage of women writing for television hit an all-time high last year, while the number of female editors hit a low point, according to the most recent results of [...]

Three of television's most powerful franchise shows began to square off on cable last week, and some observers expect all three to continue to thrive. 'CSI'' last week began airing [...]

The return of 'The Wire'' for its third season Sept. 19 means all's right with The Insider's world. HBO's screening and party was a gathering of the extraordinarily diverse and [...]

This is the week most of the new and returning syndicated TV shows debut. That includes 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,'' which has been running promos promising that host Oprah Winfrey [...]

As the fall season begins, everyone in the hit-driven TV business is, as usual, talking about, well, hits. Conventional wisdom holds that just one slam-dunk can turn around a network. [...]

The thing I find most disturbing, if not disgusting, about the overwhelming majority of so-called 'discussions'' that take place in the TV community is how utterly trivial and paltry they [...]

On Sunday the Creative Arts Emmys in Los Angeles kick off presentations of annual honors for the best in prime-time TV. There won't be an emcee but there will be [...]

With the Olympics wrapped up, the next mega-event for the television industry will be the new fall season. Or will it? Nielsen says the fall season begins Sept. 20. But [...]

In broad strokes, the 2004-05 prime-time network schedule is a lot like last year's lineup, only more so. There are more reality shows, more spinoffs, more franchise dramas and more [...]

That's Gary Anthony Williams of The WB's new country-flavored sketch comedy 'Blue Collar TV' doing a skit as singer Charlie Pride at the '35th Annual African American Country Music Awards.' [...]

Amish youth are the subject of UPN's 'Amish in the City,'' a controversial new 'Real World''-style reality show premiering Wednesday with back-to-back episodes. Five Amish teens come to live in [...]

The growing animosity among the broadcast networks over an increase in rapidly developed copycat shows and questionable scheduling stunts turned network head against network head at last week's Television Critics [...]

We believe there are flaws in the Local People Meter audience measurement system that Nielsen Media Research has rolled out in Boston and New York and is scheduled for introduction [...]

Last fall I wrote that I believe the growth of TiVo and other digital video recorders represents a 'gathering storm'' that threatens the business model of television ('DVR Threat Real, [...]

Byline: Chris Pursell One of television's longest-running strips, 'Inside Edition,'' has quietly caught fire in the past year, disproving the conventional wisdom that only celebrity-driven newsmagazines can work in syndication [...]

In the face of a bipartisan backlash to its decision to pre-empt last Friday's special edition of ABC News' 'Nightline,'' during which anchor Ted Koppel was to read the names [...]